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The United States said its embassy in Ukraine will remain open despite Russian warnings that diplomats who remain in Kyiv risk getting bombed. “There are no changes to our operations and reports otherwise are false,” the U.S. Embassy said in a statement on X. “The State Department has no higher priority than the safety and security of Americans and regularly reviews the security posture of Embassy Kyiv.” Russia’s foreign ministry on Monday urged foreign citizens and diplomats to leave Kyiv “as soon as possible,” warning they risked being hit by missile strikes on the capital city. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio…
By Lilya Sergeeva with AP Published on 28/05/2026 – 14:09 GMT+2•Updated 14:11 Russia’s State Duma has passed a law authorising bank employees to shoot down Ukrainian drones, in a sign of the Kremlin’s growing inability to defend its territory against attacks that have been intensifying in frequency and range while Moscow continues to wage its all-out war against Ukraine, now well into its fifth year. Under the bill adopted on Tuesday, banks will cover the cost of installing electronic warfare equipment at their facilities. Selected employees will be authorised to jam or intercept drone control signals and destroy unmanned aerial, underwater, and ground…
Published on 28/05/2026 – 12:05 GMT+2•Updated 12:07 The European Commission has slapped a fine of €200 million against the Chinese e-commerce giant Temu after investigators found dangerous baby toys and faulty chargers widely available on its platform. The Commission said on Thursday that under the Digital Services Act (DSA), the platform failed to properly identify and address the risks posed by illegal and unsafe products sold to European consumers. The fine comes after a formal investigation launched in October 2024 into whether Temu was meeting its obligations as a designated Very Large Online Platform under EU law. The Commission’s investigation…
“Sex is as important as eating or drinking,” said French writer and libertine Marquis de Sade. “We ought to allow the one appetite to be satisfied with as little restraint or false modesty as the other.” We’re not sure what the 16th century nobleman would have made of a recent French sex study, which clearly shows that times and attitudes towards carnal pleasures have evolved. A new opinion poll commissioned by sex shop chain Espaceplaisir and led by the French Institute of Public Opinion (Ifop), which surveyed a total of 1,011 women aged between 15 and 29, has found that…
“I am grateful to all the MPs who so promptly ratified the agreement with the European Union,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. “This was one of the most important votes.” An overwhelming majority of the parliament’s members voted in favor of the ratification bill despite complaints about the way in which it was presented to lawmakers. Ukrainian lawmaker Yaroslav Zheleznyak said that legislative text had been hastily translated overnight and rushed onto the parliamentary agenda on Thursday morning. The aid package is expected to be paid out in two annual €45 billion installments. Roughly two-thirds of the loan will go…
Widely-shared social media posts have falsely linked a rejected shipment of Brazilian coffee in Poland to the EU-Mercosur agreement, claiming that the deal has allowed contaminated products to enter Europe. The claims emerged after Poland’s Agricultural and Food Quality Inspection Agency (IJHARS) announced on Facebook that it had blocked 63,000 kilograms of raw green coffee from entering Poland. The shipment, which inspectors said was halted in Poznań, contained “damaged beans” and “live pests”. Polish far-right MEP Ewa Zajączkowska-Hernik and former French MEP and founder of the Eurosceptic Patriots party, Florian Philippot, both linked the rejected shipment to the EU-Mercosur trade…
The 700-kilogramme buffalo, named after the distinctive blond hairstyle associated with the US president, arrived at the zoo in Dhaka on 28 May after attracting widespread attention. Visitors gathered to see the unusual animal, whose pale coat and light-coloured hair have made it a local curiosity. Zoo officials said the transfer was important because albino buffaloes are uncommon and require special conservation efforts. According to the Bangladesh National Zoo, the buffalo will now be monitored as part of a programme aimed at preserving rare genetic traits. Curator Dr Md Atiqur Rahman said staff would closely track the animal’s health, diet…
The co-CEO of music streaming platform Spotify, Alex Norström, has continued to claim that the company’s decision to move to AI-generated music is a better option than AI slop and piracy. The company recently unveiled a new feature which will allow premium users to make their own, AI-generated song covers and remixes with music from other artists who choose to take part. This new paid add-on is part of a deal with Universal Music Group and will be available on Spotify’sapp. According to the platform, the tool could create an additional income stream for songwriters and artists, on top of…
La Roja will be dressed in luxury fashion at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The Spanish Football Federation (RFFE) has announced that haute couture house Loewe will be responsible for dressing the players who will travel to Mexico, the United States and Canada to contest the World Cup, which kicks off on 11 June. The Spanish football authorities and Loewe are thus launching a partnership under which the fashion house will dress the senior men’s and women’s Spanish national teams on their trips around the world over the next four years. The aim is for one of the world’s most…
By Jerry Fisayo-Bambi with AP Published on 28/05/2026 – 11:19 GMT+2•Updated 11:55 Ugandan authorities on Wednesday ordered the closure of the border with its neighbour, the Democratic Republic of Congo, as suspected cases of a rare type of Ebola surge to near 1,000 in its neighbour. The decision by the Ugandan Ebola task force comes as other variants of the virus emerge and follows a rise in local health workers exposed to the virus by Congolese patients who crossed before the outbreak was declared on May 15. According to the Ugandan Ministry of Health, travel across the Congo border will be authorised only…